CTE Cluster Specialist
Health Science
Working over the past few months with the development of our new Career Portals materials has allowed me to become more familiar with the O*NET website. O*NET is the nation’s free source of occupational information which contains hundreds of occupation-specific career descriptions. This site is much more than a tool for the Career Portals course. You can search for careers by keywords, your interests or you can browse over 900 career options sorted by specific industry. It may be used throughout your life in the event you decide to change jobs later on.
Listed below
are just some of the many resources you can access through the O*NET site.
You can use these tools for self-directed career exploration tools to plan
career options. These tools are also a great resource for students who are thinking
about their future career plans.
The O*NET Work Importance Locator is a
self-assessment career exploration tool that allows you to identify what is
important in a job. It will help you identify occupations that you may like
based on the similarity between your work values and the characteristics of the
occupations.
Green Occupations http://www.onetcenter.org/green.html
You can also specifically search for green increased-demand occupations,
green enhanced skills occupations, and green new and emerging occupations on
the O*NET website.
The Bright Outlook section highlights careers that will grow rapidly
over the next few years; will have large numbers of openings; and are new and
emerging.
Professionals
face aggressive competition for the most desired positions in the workforce. It is essential to be able to use a variety
of online tools to research careers and occupations. Take a few minutes to explore the O*NET
website; it may be perfect for you classroom or your personal life.
Resource
O*NET OnLine.
(n.d.). Retrieved June 11, 2015, from http://www.onetonline.org/